This summer, the STARS (Summer Training in Academic Research at Simmons) 2026 Scholars program paired students and faculty across STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines to collaborate on research projects. The projects lasted six weeks, culminating in student poster presentations at the end of June. This year, the students were challenged to investigate ways that machine learning could be applied to faculty research.

• Research

Anatomage Tables are life-size virtual dissection tables that help you learn the structures and systems of the human body. Resembling an operating table, each is a large interactive touchscreen using 3D visualization that displays fully segmented models from real human cadavers.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Science and Technology

Professor Renée Bergland of the Department of Literature and Writing at The Gwen Ifill School for Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences has received a public scholar grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

• Awards and Honors

Cassidy Martin ’25MSW is a clinical social worker for the R.O.O.T.S. program, an initiative of the Gardner Athol Area Mental Health Association (GAAMHA) that supports adolescents and young adults facing challenges related to mental health and substance use. She has a particular interest in working with kids who are neurodiverse or part of the LGBTQ+ community.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Careers and Internships
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Grace Lincoln ’25MSW is a psychotherapist at Collaborative Insight Counseling Associates (CICA), a mental health group practice in Boston. She works with both adolescents and adults who are seeking support for anxiety, depression, ADHD, and life transitions.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Careers and Internships

Kyle Greenidge ’25MSW is a school social worker employed within Boston Public Schools. He provides individual therapy for students with a range of needs, including support for mental health challenges or assistance with academic goals and post-graduation planning.

• Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Careers and Internships

At Reunion 2026, the Alumnae/i Association Executive Board (AAEB) honored five alumnae/i for their career achievements and service to Simmons and the larger community. Here is a glimpse of these amazing alumnae/i and what Simmons means to them.

• Awards and Honors
• Community Engagement
• Giving

In addition to their full-time careers in the corporate world, Simmons School of Management graduates Kayla (Humel) Gates ’18 and Steph DeFina ’17 launched Ludlow Coffee Co., a coffee shop that offers community events, partnerships with other independent businesses, and fundraisers for local nonprofits.

• Careers and Internships
• Entrepreneurship

Beth Greenwood knows what it means to make history. This August, she'll take the field as a catcher for the Boston Hunters in the Women's Pro Baseball League (WPBL), helping launch the first US professional women's baseball league in more than 70 years.

• Athletics
• Careers and Internships
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

While at Simmons, Danielle Dempsey ’24MS began an international librarianship research project on libraries in Ireland. Dempsey shared with us the experience of visiting Ireland and speaking to locals about the area’s fraught history.

• Mentorship
• Research